Hans Faber
Little prayers at the Lorelei rock
On the west bank of the mighty river Rhine, halfway between the cities Koblenz and Mainz, lies the town of Sankt Goar. Named after Saint...
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Hans Faber
- May 7
- 11 min
To the end where it all began: Ribbon Ribe
Let’s go to the omega, the end of the Frisia Coast Trail. To Ribe in southern Jutland, Denmark. The oldest town of Scandinavia. A town...
Hans Faber
- Apr 24, 2021
- 44 min
Happy Hunting Grounds in the Arctic
If you want to find out who is responsible for killing the whale, the Frisia Coast Trail area is the prime spot to look. When you stop...
Hans Faber
- Feb 10, 2021
- 29 min
History is written by the victors – a history of the credits
New York City, the Capital of the World. Other names are Gotham, Modern Gomorrah, The Big Apple, Empire City and Baghdad-on-the-Subway....
Hans Faber
- Jun 19, 2020
- 7 min
Merciless medieval merchants
The earliest proof of Frisian merchants, or kāpmon in Old Frisian language, trading in slaves dates from the seventh century. It was...
Hans Faber
- Apr 13, 2020
- 14 min
The Batwing Doors of Northwest Europe
“Is seaport the Maasvlakte the gateway of northwestern Europe? No? Is it Europoort then? No? Is it the Botlek port area? Is it...
Hans Faber
- May 12, 2019
- 25 min
The United Frisian Emirates and Black Peat
In this post we will explain that the Frisian lands might as well be named the United Frisian Emirates. Of course, there are some...
Hans Faber
- Jun 1, 2018
- 16 min
Haute couture from the salt marshes
It was not the city of Parisius. Nor that of Lundenwic. Believe or not, the early-medieval center for expensive cloth and chique clothing...
Hans Faber
- Jan 19, 2018
- 33 min
How the porcupine gave birth to the U.S. buck
On May 5th, 2018, it was exactly two centuries ago that Karl Marx was born. When in 1867 the good man published the first part of Das...
Hans Faber
- Dec 13, 2017
- 27 min
In debt to the beastly Westfrisians
This post is about the harsh history of the 'beastly' Westfrisians, and especially those of the town of Medemblik. Medemblik, grande dame...
Frans Riemersma
- Aug 24, 2017
- 3 min
Clinton: "I did not have financial relations with that village"
On May 28, 2011 Bill Clinton held a speech in Achlum. The village has some 600 inhabitants. Looks like a small audience to me. What was...